Alexey Zverev: biography, creativity

This story is about a great Soviet writer who was not afraid to talk about what he was feeling, and was not shy to show his kindness and love for the world around him. Humanity and mercy, denial of the evil principle in human nature - that's what is read in every line of the works written by him. His stories are so picturesque that you can paint on them.

short biography

A talented teacher and writer was born in Irkutsk province, in the village of Ust-Kuda, in 1913, on February 24. He spent most of his life in Moscow and died in 1992, on March 26. Alexei Zverev, whose biography is full of myths and legends, was a children's writer. He was born and grew up in a remote village where Old Believers lived, who remembered the exiled Decembrists. Alexei's family was big and belonged to the hereditary peasants, so their work day began very early. From his earliest childhood, Alexei already helped his parents in all business matters: he could feed the chickens and the calves to feed. And at the age of eight he could already safely keep on horseback and harrow the fields. But apart from the hard work on the peasant fields, there was still schooling. Seven years he graduated in thirteen years, after graduation he left for the city of Irkutsk for further training in the profession of zootechnics. After training, Alexey returned to his native village and began his career in the specialty.

Years of work as a teacher

At that time it was believed that every person who received an education had to teach others. For this reason, Alexei Zverev became a teacher. Teaching became the meaning of his existence, he taught children about 40 years of his life. The desire for peace and for people forced him to leave and work not only in his native village, but also in other provinces. He worked in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, then on the Volga and in Gorky. An interesting fact: in Gorky Zverev graduated from the Pedagogical Institute of Distance Learning.

Years of War

In 1942, the Great Patriotic War began, and Alexei Zverev decided to go to the front. Alexey passed the whole war, was awarded the Order of the Red Star and many honorable medals. During the war, namely, in January 1945, he was seriously wounded, because of which he could perish. However, after a long treatment in military hospitals, the writer managed to defeat all the consequences of the disease.

Early Creativity

Alexei Zverev wrote his first poems at the age of 15. First they were published in a local newspaper, and during the war they were printed in front-line news. In recent years, Zverev completely left teaching and was seriously interested in writing books, but even this did not prevent him from showing his teacher's degree and from time to time he gave private lessons to his students. After himself, the writer left many books and works in which he captured his memories of early childhood and the most amazing moments of his life.

Famous works of the writer

Alexei Zverev, whose work originates back in the early 1930s, wrote short poems for local and regional newspapers. And in 1960 Zverev wrote his first novel "Far in the country of Irkutsk". In this novel he introduced all the events that took place in his native village. Also described some episodes from the busy life of his father. All the events that occur with the main character of the novel, as well as all his actions - this is the story of his father's life. In 1960, literary culture began to change greatly, and the writer had to leave writing large works and go to shorter ones, in which he described the essence of the era and wrote briefly about the life of the characters. His works were then "In the Teacher" and "Time for Quest". But even in them Zverev describes all the changes taking place with his native village.

Feature of Zverev's works

The middle of the 70s is the peak of the writer's talent. After going through the war and having experienced many experiences, he begins to touch on military books in his books and writes about the war for 30 years. The most famous of his work is the story "Eternal Holiday". Alexei Zverev most accurately describes in this work the whole sequence of events of the Great Patriotic War.

All the works of the writer are filled with spirituality and raise questions of morality, since he could not tolerate indifference to the events taking place in his life. His view of the world and people has always been filled with goodness, this is what he said in his works, and anger was only fair.
Criticism of the capital did not spoil the writer with attention, while his fellow countrymen all the time turned to his work, as something to the native and valuable.

Now Zverev's books are almost not published, since the younger generation does not read them. Alexei Zverev died of the recent fighting wounds in 1992. And in 1998, in his honor, a prize was awarded in honor of Alexei Zverev, which was awarded to writers and poets.

Alexey Zverev: a bibliography of the writer

In addition to short stories and stories, Zverev wrote many novels. In all the works his life's path is traced, because he recorded any events that happened to him, from childhood to the last years of his life.

Thus, in the work "Home and Field" the writer describes all the most striking events of his childhood and youth. The book of stories, created in 1972, includes works "In Teachers", "Vaska and Sekol", "Seryozhka", "Antropka" and "Chelko".

"Sail handkerchief" was released in print in 1976, and in 1977 the book "The Last Fire" was created, which consisted of three stories. These were "Wounds", "Recovery" and "Rest".

The writer's stories were often intertwined with the books of other authors, since the generally accepted topics of that time were raised-man, progress, nature. They were similar to the works of Tsar-Fish by V. Astafyev and "Farewell to the Mother" by V. Rasputin.

Alexey Zverev: selected bibliography

The selected bibliography of the writer includes 5 books, which are very popular among the people of the older generation, even at the present time. These books raise the most acute problems of life, there are answers to questions about what is good and evil. All the works describe the life of our ancestors and the way they accomplished for a bright victory in the war.
Here are the books that are in the top five of the selected works:

• "Far in the country of Irkutsk" - was published in 1962.
• "Sailing handkerchief" - 1976 year.
• "As in the blue sea" - 1984.
• "Efimova Power" - 1989 year.
• "Recovery" - 1982 year.

Many critics believe that most modern writers should study the rich legacy of the writer and hear his voice. After all, Alexei Zverev is the national pride of the country.

Interesting about the writer

Alexei Zverev, interesting facts about which are known only to the elected, did not like to talk about his personal life. So, for example, the name "Far in the country of Irkutsk" is given not only to his work - in the middle of the XIX century under this title was a song from Katoransk. Also, the Soviet-time writer, Franz Taurin, has a written trilogy with the same title as the novel by Alexei Zverev, "Far in the country of Irkutsk."

And in 2010, according to the story of the story "Wounds", a production was staged in the theater under the title "Gnevyshev". This production has gained great success among the spectators of different ages.

In 1998, in honor of the writer was approved the prize "Alexei Zverev." And now this award is awarded to all contemporary outstanding writers and talented poets.

In memory of the writer

In memory of the outstanding Soviet writer, a lot has been done. His name was named the award, which awarded the magazine "Siberia". On the building of school No. 67, where Alexey Zverev taught for many years, a memorial plaque was hung . Established it in 2008. Now in place of the old school under the number 38 a new building was built, but the writer is still remembered in this school. The memorial plaque was established on the initiative of the teaching staff and the collective of the students. And in 2010, in honor of the writer was shot a television movie. The Irkutsk state television company, the Ministry of Culture, as well as all city archives of the city of Irkutsk and the library named after Molchanovo-Siberian supported the shooting. The project was called "How our word will respond ...".